LIVE, LOCAL, LATEBREAKING. COLLEGE STUDENTS LOOKING TO BECOME MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS BUT CAN THE SPECIALIZED MAJOR PAY OFF AND LAND YOU A JOB? WE LEARNED A FOLLOW-UP TO A PROGRAM FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO WANTED TO TEACH MIDDLE AGE STUDENTS. HE INTRODUCED US TO THE PROGRAM LAST NIGHT. HE FINDS OUT IF THE PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY WORKING. THIS IS TO SEND OUT QUALITY TEACHERS INTO THE WORKFORCE. I AM LEFT WITH THIS IS EQUAL TO FIVE. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. NINE OF THE 10,000 INTERNS WE MET HAVE LANDED JOBS. THIS CALLS A NUMBER AND ROLLING TO MORE THAN DOUBLE. THIS YEAR IS EXPECTED TO FIND MIDDLE SCHOOL JOBS. I'VE ONLY GOT ON ONE INTERVIEWS SO FAR. THEY ARE STILL CONFUSED AS TO WHAT A MIDDLE SCHOOL MAJOR IS. I TOLD THEM YOU'RE STILL GETTING THE SAME KIND OF EXPERIENCE IN THE SCHOOLS AND THE CONTENT IS TWO DIFFERENT SUBJECTS. WE TEACH THEM TO BE HIGHLY QUALIFIED IN THEIR CONTENT AREA. NEW GRADUATES ALSO PICKED UP SOME VALUABLE LESSONS FROM THE TEACHERS. I THINK CHARACTER BUILDING IS PRIMARY. LEARNING TO TEACH WITH YOUR HEARTS AND BE FLEXIBLE. LET ME SEE HOW YOU HANDLE THESE SITUATIONS. IT IS WHAT STUDENTS ARE LEARNING ON CAMPUS. WHAT I TRY TO BRING TO THE CLASSROOM AS MY EXPERIENCE WITH TEACHERS AND WORKING WITH TEACHERS AS INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS. THAT IS WHAT I TRY TO DO. THE PRINCIPAL ARTERY HAS HER EYE ON INTERNS WHO TRAINED AT HER SCHOOL THIS YEAR. IF YOU ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO YOU WANTED IN A DUAL MAJOR, THEY'RE DEFINITELY THE ONES YOU WANT TO LOOK AT FIRST. AS WORD GETS OUT, MORE STUDENTS ARE ALL READY SIGNING UP FOR NEXT YEAR. SCHOOL DISTRICT START TO HIRE AS